Abdominal suppobtek



UNXTED rariinar orario i H. B. CONANT, OF GENEVA, WISCONSIN.

ABDOMINAL SUPORTER.

To a whom t may concern Be it known that l, H. B. CoNAN'r, ot' Geneva,in the county ot' Vialworth and State of lVisconsin, have invented a newand Improved Abdominal and Spinal Supporter; and l do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, reiterencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecilication, Figure l being a front view of the said supporter, andFig. 2 a section of the same in the line m m of Fig. l.

, Like letters designate corresponding parts in both iigures.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing the supporter withtwo encomw passing springs A, and B, attached, respectively, at theircenters, to the front and hind pads, the hind spring being slightlycurved upward in the middle, and the front spring correspondingly curveddownward; and uniting said springs, at their adjacent ends, with strapsD, D, ot adjustable lengths; whereby its pressure may be varied atpleasure, and the same supporter worn by persons ot diierent sizes,substantially as hereinafter fully set forth.

The hind spring A, is attached by a pivot to a sho-rt perpendicularspring a, to the ends of which cross springs, bearing tour small pads 0,c, 0, c, are secured by pivots b. It is curved edgewise upward in themiddle as shown in Fig. l, by which form it tits easily over the hips.

The tront'spring B, is pivoted at its center to the lower end of a shortvertical spring CZ, whose upper end is secured to the upper part of thepad C, so that its lower end will recede a little from the lower edge oisaid pad, as shown at y, in Fig. 2. By this arrangement, the pad C, isallowed considerable lateral play for adapting itself to the variouspositions of the body, and produces an upward as well as a horizontalpressure.

Said spring B, is curved downward in the middle, as shown in Fig. 1, inorder to tit properly around the abdomen.

rlhe two springs A., and B, should be of about equal length, andtogether nearly en* compass the body, and should be straight on theirdat sides when not in use, and be of such a degree of stitlqness thatthe desired amount of pressure will be produced when they are bentaround the body. They are padded, as shown in the section, F ig. 2, soas to present a sott elastic surface to the body. Each end ci the hindspring is furnished with a strap D, in which button holes 7, f, ttc.,are formed at various distances from the end, that receive buttons e, e,on the ends of the front spring B, whereby any degree of pressure may beproduced and the supporter can be iitted to a person of almost any size.

Having thus tully described my improved abdominal and spinal supporter,what l claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Datent, isn

Constructing it with two encompassing springs A, B, attachedrespectively at their centers, to the front and hind pads; (the hindspring being slightly curved upward in the middle, and the front sl ringcorrespondingly curved downward, and both springs straight on their flatsides as described 3) and uniting said springs at their adjacent endswith straps D, D, oit adjustable lengths; whereby its pressure may bevaried at pleasure, and the same supporter worn by persons ofdifferent-sizes, substantially as herein set forth.

yIthe above specification of my new and improved abdominal and spinalsupporter signed by me this 7th day of April, 1853.

H. B. GDNANT.

Witnesses:

E. D. RICHARD, Sen., E. C. MERRILL.

